Arc 35Founding the Luo Tian Upper Sect

Luo Chen survived the Spirit Transformation Wars, secured the Skyscraper Domain for the Luo Tian Sect, and began establishing its mountain gate. As the sect expanded and its allies launched campaigns of their own, Luo Chen faced pressure from Mingyuan Sect and the Heaven Origin Dao Sect while learning that Hui Niang was pregnant.

  • Luo Chen defeated Commander Centipede after the Spirit Transformation Wars, reunited with Bai Mei Ling, and learned that Yuan Xiaoyue’s body housed a fragment of the Nine Nether Enchanting Python’s soul.
  • After the wars devastated several domains, Luo Chen returned to Soaring Sky Pass, learned that Mingyuan Sect had marked him with a restraint, and agreed to accompany Senior Brother Ye to the Ming Abyss Holy Land.
  • Luo Chen gathered allies and vassals for a Founding War, then led the Luo Tian Sect’s coalition to claim the Skyscraper Domain from Skyscraper Cliff.
  • Wang Yuan and Nine Spirits Yuan Jun won their bouts, giving the Luo Tian Sect the domain, and Luo Chen exchanged a move with Divine Origin True Person before the Five Elements Divine Sect withdrew.
  • Luo Chen established the Luo Tian Upper Sect in the Skyscraper Domain, arranged territory and inheritance for its factions, and accepted Heavenly Mountain True Person’s letter despite the warning from Gu Zuokai.
  • Luo Chen sent Ling Fengzi and Wang Yuan to support campaigns in the Medicine King and Divine Talisman Domains, while organizing the Luo Tian Sect’s spiritual lands and cultivation resources.
  • Sima Hui Niang told Luo Chen she was pregnant, and his response prompted Yao Mingyue to notice his cold expression and fall silent.
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Ch. 851One Against Four, Absolute Suppression, Unmatched Battle Power!

Luo Chen broke the Deer Brothers’ formation and turned the battle against them and Di Tu by combining his domain, sword formation, and Primal Chaos Cauldron. As Lu Changqing and Lu Changsheng charged to avenge Lu Changan, Luo Chen continued mauling Di Tu and vowed to kill them all.

  • The Deer Brothers and Di Tu surrounded Luo Chen, but Luo Chen spotted the Nine Chapters Bone Erosion Formation’s flaw and shattered it with the Yuan Tu Sword.
  • Luo Chen released Abyssal Inferno, suppressing the Deer Brothers’ domains, then combined it with the Great Five Elements Sword Formation and Primal Chaos Cauldron to trap the four enemies.
  • Luo Chen’s attacks wounded all three Deer Brothers, while Di Tu charged in to exploit what he thought was a weakness in the battlefield’s effect on physical strength.
  • Luo Chen caught Di Tu’s fist and overpowered him; Di Tu cut off his own arm to escape, but Luo Chen pursued him.
  • Lu Changan tried to flee and was pierced by the sword formation; Crimson Chains bound his Nascent Soul and dragged it into the Primal Chaos Cauldron.
  • Lu Changqing and Lu Changsheng charged to avenge Lu Changan as Luo Chen tore off Di Tu’s arm and challenged them to fight.

Ch. 852Slaying Three Demons, Capturing Di Tu, Seven Horns Descends

Luo Chen defeated the four Great Demon Emperors with Triple Hell, killing Lu Changsheng and Lu Changqing while forcing Di Tu to surrender. As Wind Flower Immortal fought Can Lou nearby, a Seven Horns Commander arrived after Can Lou called for help.

  • Luo Chen overwhelmed Di Tu and the two Nine Camphor Deer, and Di Tu surrendered to avoid being killed.
  • Lu Changsheng pretended to submit, broke Triple Hell by exploding himself, and opened a path for Lu Changqing to escape.
  • Luo Chen destroyed Lu Changsheng's compass, captured Lu Changqing's Nascent Soul, and killed the fleeing demon with Flame Dragon Descends and the Yuan Tu Sword.
  • Luo Chen kept Di Tu under his control, while Wind Flower Immortal escaped Can Lou's Divine Tower and learned that Luo Chen had prevailed.
  • Can Lou realized three of the four Demon Emperors had fallen and called on the arriving Seven Horns Commander to save Di Tu.

Ch. 853A Finger from the Pill Sect; The Seven Rhinos Retreat in Defeat

After defeating the Beast Tide, Luo Chen faced Seven Horns Commander, who pursued the wounded Ling Fengzi and demanded Di Tu. Luo Chen drove the Great Demon Emperor into retreat with his Wither Bloom Dao Finger, then watched another figure emerge and pursue him.

  • Di Tu ordered the nearby Demon Beasts to surrender, but the remaining beasts fled, and Luo Chen turned toward the ongoing battle at Wind Flower Palace.
  • Ling Fengzi arrived badly wounded and begged Luo Chen to save him from Seven Horns Commander, who had pursued him from Soaring Sky Pass.
  • Seven Horns Commander demanded that Luo Chen hand over Di Tu, but Luo Chen refused and prepared to fight.
  • Luo Chen used his Wither Bloom Dao Finger to push back Seven Horns Commander's blue pearl and aggravate the injury atop his head.
  • Seven Horns Commander fled when Luo Chen raised his fingers to use the Divine Ability again, and Wind Flower Immortal arrived to see him go.
  • A wary figure emerged near Luo Chen and chased after Seven Horns Commander.

Ch. 854Ling Fengzi joins the sect, a Spirit Transformation cultivator strikes

After driving back the demon beast assault, Luo Chen recruited Ling Fengzi into the Luo Tian Sect as its Second Elder and gave him leave to preserve the PiaoMiao Sect’s legacy through PiaoMiao Hall. Three days later, as the sect assessed the damage to its Spirit Land, Luo Chen and Black King sensed World Vitality in turmoil and suspected a Spirit Transformation cultivator had acted.

  • Luo Chen sent Black King and Di Tu to aid Wind Flower Immortal, then gave Lu Changan’s Nascent Soul to Tian Xuan to refine into the Myriad Souls Banner.
  • Luo Chen offered Ling Fengzi a place in the Luo Tian Sect, and Ling Fengzi accepted after struggling with the fate of the PiaoMiao Sect.
  • Luo Chen made Ling Fengzi the Second Elder and allowed him to establish PiaoMiao Hall and carry on the sect’s legacy.
  • Three days later, Li Yingzhang reported that the battle had damaged Hundred Mile Green River’s Spirit Vein, while Black King offered to restore its spiritual energy.
  • After Di Tu reported that Wind Flower Palace was safe for now, Luo Chen and Black King sensed World Vitality in turmoil and suspected a Spirit Transformation Great Power had made a move.

Ch. 855The Fighting Is Over; He Leaves Without a Trace

After sensing a clash of Spirit Transformation powers near Soaring Sky Pass, Luo Chen learned that Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven had intervened to protect Gao Chang and uncovered Di Tu’s family history and doubts about his father rescuing him. Luo Chen moved the Luo Tian Sect’s surviving disciples to Wind Flower Palace for shelter, then departed alone while Wind Flower Immortal agreed to pass along news from the front.

  • Luo Chen sensed the turmoil in Primordial Qi, and Black King confirmed that Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven had acted near Soaring Sky Pass before the disturbance stopped.
  • Luo Chen ordered the Luo Tian Sect to stay on Great Green Mountain, then questioned Di Tu and learned that Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven wanted to raise Gao Chang to Spirit Transformation.
  • Luo Chen caught Di Tu lying about whether his father would rescue him, and Di Tu explained his father’s bloodthirsty past, his favored eldest son Huang Man, and his hidden youngest daughter.
  • Luo Chen told Di Tu to guard Great Green Mountain while he led the Luo Tian Sect’s cultivators to Wind Flower Palace, where Wind Flower Immortal welcomed them and accepted a Demon Emperor corpse as a gift.
  • Wind Flower Immortal provided Green Duckweed Mountain as a refuge for the Luo Tian Sect, and Luo Chen gave her a communication jade talisman before departing alone.

Ch. 856Heavy as a Mountain, Vanishing into Dieyun

Qu Lingjun received Longevity Spring from Sima Hui Niang and resolved to break through to the Golden Core Stage, while Luo Chen secretly watched Di Tu and traveled to the Dieyun Region to recover. In Flowing Cloud True Person’s cave mansion, Luo Chen discovered that using the Wither Bloom Dao Finger with depleted mana let him control World Vitality.

  • Sima Hui Niang gave Qu Lingjun the Longevity Spring Luo Chen had left for him, and Qu Lingjun vowed to form his core so he could face his master without disappointing him.
  • Di Tu considered escaping from Great Green Mountain, but Luo Chen’s hidden puppet, Jin San, watched him and kept him from daring to flee.
  • Luo Chen entered the weakened Dieyun Sect unnoticed and settled in Flowing Cloud True Person’s former cave mansion on Flowing Cloud Mountain.
  • Luo Chen concealed new formations in the cave mansion and began recovering after the battle at Hundred Mile Green River had nearly exhausted his mana.
  • Luo Chen tested the Wither Bloom Dao Finger with depleted mana and found that he could control World Vitality.

Ch. 857What Is a Divine Ability? A Great Power Summons Another

Luo Chen narrowly avoided being assimilated by heaven and earth while testing how Divine Abilities drew on Primordial Qi, then spent three years cultivating in the Dieyun Sect and developing a Fire Escape Technique. On his three-hundredth birthday, he received a message ordering him to visit Black Marsh Old Ancestor at Soaring Sky Pass.

  • Luo Chen used the Wither Bloom Dao Finger to draw on Primordial Qi, but his Split Soul awakened him before his Nascent Soul could be assimilated, and he concluded that Nascent Soul Cultivators could not safely explore Divine Abilities too deeply.
  • Luo Chen explained why he had left the Luo Tian Sect, describing how he kept Di Tu at Great Green Mountain under the protection of a Puppet Dao clone to shield his sect from Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven.
  • Kang Le Dao failed once again to break the formation protecting Flowing Cloud True Person's cave dwelling, while Luo Chen studied its books and used the Cloud-Pattern Restriction to develop a Fire Escape Technique.
  • Three peaceful years passed at the Dieyun Sect, where Luo Chen's cultivation advanced and he celebrated his three-hundredth birthday with Black King over Bitter Gan Li Wine.
  • Luo Chen received a message reporting that Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven and Ming Abyss Black Marsh Old Ancestor had agreed to a three-year truce, and that the Soaring Sky City Lord had summoned him to visit Black Marsh Old Ancestor.

Ch. 858Crossing Golden Tiger, Entering Soaring Sky, Welcomed by the Masses

Kang Le Dao recovered the Dieyun Sect’s Wine God Art and discovered three Nascent Soul Pills left by Luo Chen, giving the sect hope of revival. After returning to Ji Hua Mountain, Luo Chen learned about the devastating Soaring Sky Pass battle and impending ceasefire, then rode Golden Tiger into Soaring Sky Pass to meet the Ming Abyss Old Ancestor.

  • Kang Le Dao found the Wine God Art and three Nascent Soul Pills in Flowing Cloud True Person’s cave abode, and realized Dieyun Sect could produce another Nascent Soul True Person.
  • Luo Chen crossed into the Wind Flower Region and reunited with Wind Flower Immortal, who praised the Luo Tian Sect’s growth and reported the heavy losses at Soaring Sky Pass.
  • Wind Flower Immortal told Luo Chen that Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven and Black Marsh Old Ancestor had clashed, and that the Human and Demon Races were preparing a ceasefire treaty that might address Di Tu.
  • Luo Chen ordered Di Tu to carry him openly toward Soaring Sky Pass, using the journey to display his captured Demon Emperor and strengthen his reputation.
  • Luo Chen and Golden Tiger entered the ruined Soaring Sky Pass as returning cultivators watched and paid their respects.

Ch. 859Joining Ming Abyss, Changes at Biyou

Luo Chen accepted Black Marsh Old Ancestor’s offer to join the Mingyuan Sect after securing a place for the Luo Tian Sect, but Black Marsh secretly placed a divine mark between his brows. Back at Danluo Mountain, Luo Chen suspected the offer concealed a warning and realized Black Marsh’s mention of thirty-six domains could signal a change to the coming negotiations at Biyou Mountain.

  • Black Marsh Old Ancestor summoned Luo Chen to Heaven Water Hall, questioned him about Chu Yan, and offered him generous terms to join the Mingyuan Sect.
  • Luo Chen agreed to join Mingyuan after Black Marsh promised land for the Luo Tian Sect, and Black Marsh placed a droplet of divine power between Luo Chen’s brows and kept Di Tu behind.
  • The Soaring Sky City Lord welcomed Luo Chen as a fellow disciple and hosted a banquet where Mingyuan Sect cultivators honored him.
  • Luo Chen returned to Danluo Mountain and concluded that the mark was a restraint rather than protection, while resolving to settle the Luo Tian Sect away from Mingyuan.
  • Luo Chen questioned Black Marsh’s reference to the Eastern Wilderness Thirty-Six Domains, since only twenty-one were under Human Race control, and wondered whether the Biyou Mountain negotiations would change.

Ch. 860Eight-Word Counsel, the Biyou Negotiation

Luo Chen sent Nine Spirits Yuan Jun and Fu Old an eight-word message urging them to wait before pursuing Spirit Lands, then joined the human delegation heading to Biyou Mountain for ceasefire negotiations. The chapter left the delegates facing Lord of Pacifying Mountains and five commander-rank Great Demon Emperors.

  • Nine Spirits Yuan Jun and Fu Old worried that Luo Chen would not help them secure Spirit Lands, but Black King delivered his message: “Hold our position and await heaven's designs.”
  • Five years after the final Soaring Sky Pass Battle, Luo Chen received a summons and joined Black Marsh Old Ancestor's delegation to Biyou Mountain.
  • Black Marsh Old Ancestor returned Golden Tiger Di Tu to Luo Chen and instructed him to remove Di Tu's Servant Seal and hand over his Soul Blood during the negotiations.
  • Luo Chen traveled with Thunder Dao Child, Soaring Sky City Lord, Heavenly Capital Child, and Divine Origin True Person to meet the Demon Race delegation.
  • Lord of Pacifying Mountains confronted the human delegation at Biyou Mountain, and Luo Chen realized the five figures behind him were commander-rank Great Demon Emperors.

Ch. 861A Battle Could Not Be Avoided!

Luo Chen attended negotiations between the Human and Demon Races, where the leaders agreed on territorial concessions and began drafting a new covenant. Black Marsh Old Ancestor then revealed his treachery and attacked Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven, turning the negotiations into a battle that trapped everyone on Biyou Mountain.

  • Luo Chen recognized Brocade Immortal, Huang Man, Arrogant Deceit, Bi Zheng, and Centipede among the Demon Race’s Great Demon Emperors.
  • Black Marsh Old Ancestor and Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven negotiated a truce, with Nine Spirits Domain and other territories assigned and a Founding War permitted once every five hundred years.
  • Luo Chen released Di Tu from his control, while Thunder Dao Child freed the Tiger Spirit, and the Spirit Transformation leaders marked and exchanged the covenant scrolls.
  • Black Marsh Old Ancestor refused to surrender the Human Race’s claimed domains and secretly warned Heavenly Capital Child to run.
  • Black Marsh Old Ancestor attacked Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven as Qing He Xian and two hidden allies joined the battle, while the others fled and Biyou Mountain was crushed by surging World Vitality.

Ch. 862Spirit Treasure Envelops the Domain, Centipede Demon Emperor

As Spirit Transformation powers fought over the Azure Sky Domain, Luo Chen escaped to Tai Lake Domain, where the pursuing Commander Centipede attacked him. Luo Chen fought back without access to Triple Hell, while a second dark presence moved beneath the lake.

  • Black Marsh Old Ancestor, Yu Ming, and Tian Yuan trapped Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven in the Netherworld Yellow Springs Diagram while Qing He Xian faced the Zhou Tian Star Array and Thunder Dao Child’s lightning.
  • Luo Chen escaped the World Vitality storm to the Nine Spirits Domain, witnessed its destruction, and continued to Tai Lake Domain to restore his Mana at Tai Lake Palace.
  • Commander Centipede fled the battle, spotted Luo Chen at the palace, and attacked him, but Luo Chen’s Sword Qi wounded his arm.
  • Luo Chen found that turbulent Primordial Qi prevented him from using Triple Hell and cut apart Commander Centipede’s giant hand with the Yuan Tu Blood Sword.
  • Commander Centipede transformed into a colossal centipede wielding more than a hundred Magic Treasures, as Luo Chen prepared to face him and noticed another dark shape moving beneath Tai Lake.

Ch. 863Luo Chen's True Body, the Death of Centipede

Luo Chen fought the Centipede Great Demon Emperor through a prolonged battle at Tai Lake, revealing his five-hundred-zhang true body and overcoming Centipede’s Mana-suppressing traps. After Centipede’s body was cut apart, Luo Chen survived his Soul Weaving Needle and killed his Nascent Soul with the Wither Bloom Dao Finger, with a phantom python assisting him.

  • Centipede attacked Luo Chen with an arsenal of stolen Magic Treasures, and Luo Chen transformed into a nine-zhang giant to fight back.
  • Centipede trapped Luo Chen with the Law Suppressing Five Elements Cones, suppressing his Mana and gaining the upper hand.
  • Luo Chen released his five-hundred-zhang true body and drove Centipede into Tai Lake, where they battled with their bodies, swords, a cauldron, and a mountain.
  • Luo Chen broke Centipede’s Great Mountain True Artifact and Mingyuan Sect True Artifact Flying Sword, then split Centipede’s body with the Blood Sword.
  • Centipede struck Luo Chen with a Soul Weaving Needle and fled, but Luo Chen unsealed his Mana and a phantom python distracted Centipede.
  • Luo Chen struck Centipede’s Nascent Soul with the Wither Bloom Dao Finger, killing him, and the phantom python addressed Luo Chen as Master.

Ch. 864Old Friends Reunited, Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots

After defeating Centipede, Luo Chen reunited with Bai Mei Ling and learned how the Nine Nether Enchanting Python’s soul fragments had changed her. He preserved Yuan Xiaoyue’s body and fled Tai Lake, then waited on Skyscraper Cliff for signs that the Spirit Transformation Wars had ended.

  • Luo Chen recovered the Law Suppressing Five Elements Cones as Bai Mei Ling told him how she became a Fourth-Order Ghost Emperor after the demon tide separated her from the Luo Tian Sect.
  • Bai Mei Ling led Luo Chen to Yuan Xiaoyue’s body and explained that she had devoured a wandering spirit inhabiting it, which was a fragment of the Nine Nether Enchanting Python’s soul.
  • Luo Chen placed Yuan Xiaoyue’s body in an ice coffin, promised to help Bai Mei Ling with the lingering soul fragments, and left Tai Lake with her and Black King.
  • Luo Chen saw the Spirit Transformation Wars still disturbing Tai Lake and settled on Skyscraper Cliff to monitor the flow of World Vitality.
  • After three days of fighting, Luo Chen sensed the disturbance vanish and wondered whether the Spirit Transformation Wars had ended.

Ch. 865Mountains and Seas Leveled, Forbidden Lands Emerge, the Dust Finally Settles

After the battle at Biyou Mountain, Luo Chen returned through domains devastated by Spirit Transformation combat and discovered that the Azure Sky Domain had become a lethal realm of Metal Element Law True Intent. He reunited with Ling Fengzi and learned of the Mingyuan Sect’s heavy losses, then received an invitation to enter Soaring Sky Pass.

  • Luo Chen crossed the drought-stricken Tai Lake Domain and found the Nine Spirits Domain transformed into a vast sea, which Nine Spirits Yuan Jun later named Level Mountain Sea.
  • At the edge of the Azure Sky Domain, Luo Chen recognized its chaotic Metal Element Law True Intent and suspected Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven had fallen; sensing Di Tu inside, he chose not to enter, while a wounded golden tiger wept in the depths.
  • After the battle ended, the Azure Sky Domain became forbidden, Fire Ridge erupted into a realm of flames, and the Tai Lake and Nine Spirits domains were left devastated.
  • Ling Fengzi searched for Luo Chen, found him in an empty valley, and reported that the Luo Tian Sect was safe and the Mingyuan Sect had lost twelve Nascent Soul True Persons.
  • Luo Chen and Ling Fengzi returned to Soaring Sky Pass, where a weak voice invited Luo Chen inside for a talk.

Ch. 866The Mingyuan Sect's Warning, Qing He Xian's Origins

Luo Chen met with the Soaring Sky City Lord, learned that the Mingyuan Sect had placed its Heaven One Gives Birth to Water Divine Ability on him, and agreed to join the sect after arranging his people. He reunited with Bai Mei Ling, prepared the Luo Tian Sect for its founding war, and left the chapter as the sect recruited vassals to reclaim territory.

  • Luo Chen entered Soaring Sky Pass and met with Senior Brother Ye, who explained that the droplet mark on Luo Chen’s brow was the Mingyuan Sect’s Heaven One Gives Birth to Water Divine Ability and warned him not to harbor divided loyalties.
  • Senior Brother Ye told Luo Chen that Qing He Xian had been defeated and taken to the Ming Abyss Holy Land, where the sect intended to use her as a resource.
  • Luo Chen returned to Wind Flower Palace and revealed that Bai Mei Ling had survived inside the Soul Nourishing Banner and now possessed strength comparable to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
  • Wind Flower Immortal promised to support the Luo Tian Sect’s founding war, and Luo Chen agreed to arrange his sect members before accompanying Senior Brother Ye to the Ming Abyss Holy Land.
  • Senior Brother Ye announced the Mingyuan Sect’s counteroffensive and issued permission for Nascent Soul Upper Sects to wage Founding Wars, while the Luo Tian Sect recruited vassals for its campaign.

Ch. 867On the Eve of the Founding War, Tao Wan Came to Join

Divine Fire Zhenren prepared the Five Elements Divine Sect to reclaim its old domain, while Luo Chen gathered allies and resources for the Luo Tian Sect’s Founding War. Luo Chen revealed that the Pioneering Decree let him choose any domain as the sect’s new home, including the Five Elements Domain.

  • Divine Origin True Person agreed to help Divine Fire Zhenren reclaim the Five Elements Domain, and Divine Fire organized preparations and sought allies.
  • Several sects joined the Five Elements Divine Sect, but Divine Fire learned that only five Golden Core factions would follow it, as many smaller factions favored Luo Chen’s call instead.
  • Li Yingzhang and Yao Mingyue recruited Golden Core factions for the Luo Tian Sect, and Li agreed to receive Tao Wan of Azure Pill Valley because of her history with Luo Chen.
  • Luo Chen restored part of a damaged Bronze Mirror and reviewed the Magic Treasures and True Artifacts he planned to leave as the Luo Tian Sect’s legacy.
  • Ling Fengzi told Luo Chen that six Nascent Soul Upper Sects had agreed to join the Luo Tian Sect’s campaign, while Jade Cauldron Sword Sect planned to merge with Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.
  • Luo Chen showed Ling Fengzi the Pioneering Decree and marked it with a location, explaining that the Luo Tian Sect could establish its mountain gate in any domain.

Ch. 868Heavenly River Soaring Void, Luo Heaven Sets Sail

Tao Wan secured Azure Pill Valley’s participation in the Founding War and gave Luo Chen the promised Nascent Soul Pill Formula and a formation record. After preparing the Luo Tian Sect and setting out aboard Heavenly Capital Sect’s Heavenly River Soaring Void Ship, Luo Chen learned that Skyscraper Cliff and the Five Elements Divine Sect could contest the Skyscraper Domain.

  • Li Yingzhang told Tao Wan that Azure Pill Valley could join the Founding War and choose a Third-Order Spirit Land afterward, and Tao Wan gave him Azure Pill Valley’s promised treasures for Luo Chen.
  • Luo Chen accepted the Nascent Soul Pill Formula and Five Peaks Cover Valley formation record, then gave Ling Fengzi the Binding Golden Rope and Wang Yuan the Thunderbolt Gauntlets while reclaiming Hundred Refinements Mountain to reforge it.
  • Luo Chen used the Heavenly River Soaring Void Ship to lead the Luo Tian Sect and Wind Flower Palace cultivators toward Skyscraper Domain.
  • Wind Flower Immortal revealed that Skyscraper Cliff was returning to its homeland and that the Five Elements Divine Sect planned to use the domain as a rear base, making them the Luo Tian Sect’s likely opponents.

Ch. 869Pill Sect, You've Gone Too Far!

Peacock Island chose to support Luo Tian Sect’s Founding War as Luo Chen assembled a vast coalition and led it toward Skyscraper Cliff. Skyscraper Old Ghost confronted the arriving army at the border, accusing the Pill Sect of going too far.

  • The Peacock Island Sect Master and his elder decided to rebuild their sect and join Luo Tian Sect’s Founding War after seeing its forces pass overhead.
  • The Heavenly River Soaring Void Ship gathered the Sword Sect, Mount Tai Sect, Divine Talisman Sect, Nine Spirits Sect, and Idle Crane True Person’s cultivators as Luo Chen met with their leaders.
  • Luo Chen told the gathered True Persons that they would avoid a full-scale battle but would fight Skyscraper Cliff’s Great Cultivator under his command.
  • The coalition traveled through the damaged regions left by the Spirit Transformation Wars and arrived at Skyscraper Cliff with more than one hundred thousand cultivators.
  • Skyscraper Old Ghost gathered his cultivators at the boundary stele and shouted, “Pill Sect, you have gone too far!”

Ch. 870Destroying Skyscraper Old Ghost's Body in the Three-Battle Pact

Luo Chen and Divine Origin True Person agreed to settle the dispute over Skyscraper Domain through three battles between Nascent Soul cultivators. Wang Yuan defeated Skyscraper Old Ghost in the first bout, leaving Luo Chen’s side with the lead as Divine Origin True Person rescued Old Ghost’s Nascent Soul.

  • Luo Chen proposed that each side choose three fighters to decide who would claim Skyscraper Domain, and Divine Origin True Person accepted.
  • Luo Chen assigned Wang Yuan to fight Skyscraper Old Ghost, Nine Spirits Yuan Jun to face Peng Xiang True Person, and himself to challenge Divine Origin True Person in the third bout.
  • At the Tai Lake Domain border, Wang Yuan used his Thunderbolt Gauntlets and Exploding Void Step to overwhelm Skyscraper Old Ghost despite Old Ghost’s spells and Magic Treasures.
  • Wang Yuan summoned Skyscraper Hundred Refinements Mountain and crushed Old Ghost’s body beneath it, then nearly destroyed his Nascent Soul after Old Ghost conceded.
  • Divine Origin True Person rescued Skyscraper Old Ghost’s Nascent Soul, and Luo Chen declared that Luo Tian Sect had won the first bout.

Ch. 871Nine Spirits Battles Peng Xiang, Luo Chen Faces Divine Origin!

Wang Yuan defeated Skyscraper Old Ghost, and Nine Spirits Yuan Jun beat Daoist Peng Xiang, securing the Skyscraper Domain for Luo Tian Sect. After the other cultivators prepared to withdraw, Luo Chen challenged Divine Origin True Person to a one-move contest, and Divine Origin accepted.

  • Wang Yuan used his body-refinement strength and two True Artifacts to defeat Skyscraper Old Ghost, clearing away his lingering humiliation and boosting his prospects of advancing to the Fourth Realm of Body Refining.
  • Nine Spirits Yuan Jun fought Daoist Peng Xiang through spells, treasures, and the Great Nine Heavens Xiao River, then won after Peng Xiang conceded.
  • Luo Tian Sect claimed the Skyscraper Domain after winning both battles, and the cultivators of Skyscraper Cliff were told to withdraw and seek another domain for their Founding War.
  • Luo Chen stopped the withdrawal and challenged Divine Origin True Person to exchange one move, prompting alarm among his allies and curiosity among the other sects.
  • After Skyscraper Old Ghost urged him to fight and Peng Xiang and Divine Fire Zhenren advised restraint, Divine Origin True Person accepted Luo Chen's challenge.

Ch. 872Ultimate Moves Clash, Can a Smile Wipe Away Old Grudges?

Luo Chen clashed with Divine Origin True Person over their old grievances, then agreed to let the matter go after their ultimate moves canceled each other out. He established the Luo Tian Sect in the Skyscraper Domain, while Fu Old’s remark about Divine Origin’s changed appearance left Luo Chen wondering who the old cultivator resembled.

  • Divine Origin True Person asked Luo Chen to set aside the past, but Luo Chen challenged him to fight first.
  • Luo Chen gathered World Vitality and unleashed his Wither Bloom Dao Finger, while Divine Origin True Person countered with a blue-green circle of vitality.
  • Their moves shattered against each other, and the two cultivators exchanged compliments before agreeing to wipe the slate clean.
  • Divine Origin True Person departed with the Five Elements Divine Sect, while Luo Chen’s allies began clearing Demon Beasts from the Skyscraper Domain.
  • Luo Chen chose to keep the name Skyscraper Cliff, promised to help Nine Spirits Yuan Jun and Fu Old establish their mountain gates, and listened as Fu Old said Divine Origin resembled someone else.

Ch. 873One Talisman Suppresses the Sea, Shouldering Mountains, Chasing the Moon

Luo Chen investigated the suspected fate of Lingmu True Person and planned how the Luo Tian Sect would consolidate its new domain. He then helped relocate a spirit mountain, while Tao Wan warned Tao Yisheng against offending Luo Chen as a mountain-bearing Nascent Soul True Person approached.

  • Luo Chen concluded that Divine Origin True Person had likely harmed Lingmu True Person, then burned his portrait and turned to plans for the Luo Tian Sect’s new domain.
  • Sima Hui Niang described the sect’s expansion and the fighting among smaller forces, and Luo Chen sent Wang Yuan and Min Longyu to mediate by assigning spirit veins for factions to share.
  • Luo Chen, Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, Fu Old, and Deng Taiyue moved a Tier 3 Spirit Mountain from Level Mountain Sea toward the Luo Tian Domain, with Fu Old suppressing the sea and Deng Taiyue lifting the mountain.
  • Tao Yisheng complained that Azure Pill Valley had received too little territory, but Tao Wan told him to respect Luo Chen and accept their new home.
  • Tao Wan saw a towering mountain approaching beneath the moon and asked whether Tao Yisheng meant to argue with a Nascent Soul True Person.

Ch. 874Luo Chen, Do You Know What You Will Face for Betraying the Heaven Origin Dao Sect?

Luo Chen established Luo Tian Sect’s mountain gate in the Skyscraper Domain and hosted a celebratory feast as Mingyuan Sect expanded its influence around him. After the guests departed, Gu Zuokai delivered a reply from Heavenly Mountain True Person and warned that the Star Gate would treat Luo Chen’s departure as betrayal; Luo Chen resolved to let Mingyuan Sect bear the resulting pressure.

  • Luo Chen unveiled Luo Tian Hall and declared that Luo Tian Upper Sect would establish its mountain gate in the Skyscraper Domain, prompting jubilant cheers from its cultivators.
  • Luo Chen hosted the attending Nascent Soul True Persons and learned that the Nine Spirits Sect was still scouting the Medicine King Sect’s former territory.
  • Lin Yonghua and Gu Hong arrived on behalf of Mingyuan Sect and their families, revealing that they had settled in PiaoMiao and Misty Ancient Islet and urging Luo Chen to join Mingyuan Sect soon.
  • After the banquet, Luo Chen walked through the newly planned sect grounds and reflected that it might be time for him to leave.
  • Gu Zuokai confronted Luo Chen about betraying the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, then gave him Heavenly Mountain True Person’s reply and warned that the Star Gate Council of Elders would not ignore his actions.
  • Luo Chen accepted the jade box and decided that since Mingyuan Sect had forcibly recruited him, it should bear the pressure from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

Ch. 875Three Domains Opened Together, Luo Chen Has an Heir

Luo Chen learned that Sima Hui Niang’s Spiritual Rhinoceros Gu would become a Demon Heart Gu and studied a bloodline method to remove it. As he built up Luo Tian Sect and helped launch two other sects’ campaigns across the Far Eastern Six Domains, Hui Niang told him she was pregnant, leaving Yao Mingyue unsettled by his reaction.

  • Luo Chen read Heavenly Mountain True Person’s letter and learned that Hui Niang’s Spiritual Rhinoceros Gu would transform into a Demon Heart Gu, for which a bloodline method offered the most feasible cure.
  • Luo Chen met Fu Old and Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, agreed to send Ling Fengzi and Wang Yuan to support their campaigns, and promised pills and further assistance.
  • Luo Chen saw off the two factions’ forces as they set out to open the Medicine King Domain and the Divine Talisman Domain together.
  • Luo Chen managed Luo Tian Sect’s development, released Black King and the Dragon Earthworms into its spiritual lands, designated a peak for Bai Mei Ling, and organized cultivation methods as sect inheritance.
  • Sima Hui Niang told Luo Chen she was pregnant, and he responded with tenderness and offered to help nourish the fetus.
  • Yao Mingyue noticed Luo Chen’s complicated, apparently cold look at Hui Niang’s belly, then fell silent when he gave her a chilling glance.
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